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Chapter 17 Problem 17.45

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A 6.00-kg piece of solid copper metal at an initial temperature T is placed with 2.00 kg of ice that is initially at . The ice is in an insulated container of negligible mass and no heat is exchanged with the surroundings. After thermal equilibrium is reached, there is 1.20 kg of ice and 0.80 kg of liquid water. What was the initial temperature of the piece of copper?

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Title Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young; Roger A. Freedman; A. Lewis Ford
ISBN 9780321696861

Solved: A 6.00-kg piece of solid copper metal at an

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